Good afternoon and welcome to about Health today we ll discuss research into using psychoactive substances for psycho social distress there s more and more research being done with previously banned substances like Cilla saya been also known as magic mushrooms m.d.m.a. Which is called Ecstasy l.s.d. And others are plant based medicines and some are manufactured and all are best known in the United States for their illegal use psychedelics they re showing promise as therapeutic agents in a resurgence of clinical research that include scientists and psychologists working together to find new treatments for things like alcoholism smoking cessation p.t.s.d. Which is post-traumatic stress disorder o.c.d. Obsessive compulsive disorder depression and anxiety in patients with advanced cancer this model of drug assisted psychotherapy is a possible alternative to existing treatments in psychiatry more research is definitely needed to fully assess the potential of these compounds in the manageme
That s President from clarified in an interview the James Komi who the president fired Tuesday as f.b.i. Director told the president multiple times that he was not under investigation appearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee now acting f.b.i. Director Andrew McCabe was asked if he ever heard Komi say that so I can t comment on any conversations the director may have had with the president a.b.c. News Chief White House correspondent Jonathan Karl press deputy White House press secretary Sarah Sanders about it one of these conversations the president said happened at a dinner where the f.b.i. Director according the president was asking to stay on as f.b.i. Director Don t you see how that s a conflict of interest the f.b.i. Director saying he wants to keep his job and the president is is asking whether or not he is under investigation I don t see that as a conflict of interest and neither do the many legal scholars and others that have been commenting on it for the last hour so
When the. C deputy chief of staff. I want to speak to the president. I m sorry but you have to interrupt you. Afternoon ladies and gentlemen this is true Pearson we bring you the special radio television broadcast in order to give you the very latest information on a number mazing phenomenon the arrival of a space ship in Washington government and defense department officials are concerned by reports of panic and several large eastern cities I am authorized to assure you and so far there is no reasonable cause for alarm the rumors of invading armies and mass destruction are based on hysteria and are absolutely false I repeat these rumors are absolutely false the ship designed for travel outside the Earth s atmosphere landed in Washington today at 3 47 pm eastern standard time we still do not know where it came from the ship is now resting exactly where it landed 2 hours ago and so far there is no sign of Wright from inside it troops have been rushed across the Potomac River from Fort
With me Stephen Stanko the war in Yemen has killed more than 10000 civilians it is an appalling number but it may soon be dwarfed by the numbers starving to death Yemen is experiencing a humanitarian catastrophe which the warring parties are making worse and which the outside world seems unwilling or unable to tackle my guest is un humanitarian coordinator in the country Jamie McGoldrick will famine will come if the current conditions continue I think the war the conflict the insecurity and the collapse of the economy all of that s lending itself to a situation where people have no other choice but to slip into the we know there are 7000000 people in the country already who are in a very fragile situation in terms of the food security and if we can t respond by giving them support medical support those people will turn into farmers by the end of the year that Jamie McGoldrick on hard talk after the news. Hello this is David Alston with the b.b.c. News a convoy of military vehicles of
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